After Alberto Nuñez Feijóo succeeded this Tuesday in convincing the European People’s Party (EPP) to paralyze the nomination of the Therese Ribera As executive vice-president of the European Commission, the PP set as a precondition, to be able to consider her candidacy again, that the socialist gives explanations to the Congress on her management of Dana.
Furthermore, that she undertakes to resign if she is accused of her role in the disaster, for which Ribera is mainly responsible according to the PP.
It is reasonable for the people to resist giving their approval to a candidate who evaded responsibility for his role this corresponds to him in the Valencia floods as Minister of Ecological Transition.
And it is true that Ribera would have spared us this mess if she had resigned from her responsibilities within the Spanish government when she was nominated as a candidate for the European vice-presidency, instead of maintaining her position in the Council of Ministers of ” insurance “. ‘ in case she doesn’t leave.
But it is also too late for the PP to demand the withdrawal of Ribera’s candidacy and push for an alternative, as it appears to be doing by dropping Ribera’s name. Luis Planas. Ribera will only appear at the Congress of Deputies on the 20th, which would delay the EPP’s decision until the end of November.
It would be desirable for the new European Commission to be fully constituted and ready to begin its work on December 1st. Especially taking into account the global context.
Donald Trump He is not wasting his time like the Community Executive and is already making appointments to portfolios in the American government. Among them, those who will be in charge of diplomacy. The designated profiles make it possible to anticipate that the United States intends to ignore the fate of Ukraine as quickly as possible.
At the same time, Poutine prepares its final offensive on Ukraine to recover Kursk and thus strengthen its position with a view to possible negotiations which could precipitate the person The American imagined by Trump.
The situation is therefore sufficiently pressing for the community government not to have to realize the division that the PP and the PSOE are transferring to the European institutions.
For now, The European Commission is condemned to paralysis until Teresa Ribera intervenes in the Spanish Parliament.
The situation could get even more bogged down if PSOE deputies carry out their threat to dismiss all the commissioners of the Ursula von der Leyen in retaliation if the PP vetoes Ribera.
In the event of a break between the two main forces in the European Parliament, the only majority that the popular parties could obtain would be a sum with the far-right groups. Which would be suicide given the pro-Russian position of some of its parties and the threat of defeat hanging over Ukraine.
The PP should therefore not make the opposition to Ribera a belli casethus contributing to the blocking of action by the European executive in a context where this is crucial.
It is obvious that Sánchez will stick to his modus operandi execute his will by force. But this cannot lead the PP to catalog itself. He will therefore have to resort to a plan B: a state pact with the PSOE in Spain that can be transposed to Europe.
The only road that does not lead to a dead end is agree on a mutually acceptable story regarding respective responsibilities for Dana’s management failures. Which implies, above all, recognizing that the two administrations involved (the socialist central and the autonomous popular) have an aliquot share in the Valencian disorder.
They must then agree on the reconstruction of the disaster areas.
And finally, appoint an independent commission to investigate what happened during the week of the disaster to determine appropriate responsibilities.
